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A company’s health—not its shareholders’ wealth—should be the primary concern of those who manage corporations. That may sound like a small change, but it could make companies less vulnerable to damaging forms of activist investing—and make it easier for managers to focus on the long term.

When a company fails to execute its strategy, the first thing managers often thinks to do is restructure. But research shows that the fundamentals of good execution start with clarifying decision rights and making sure information flows where it needs to go. If you get those right, the correct structure and motivators often become obvious.

Contrary to what marketer believe, Facebook page wouldn’t help you if you don’t have the customer first. People come to the page not because the page in facebook exist, but because they already like your product. The mere act of liking a brand does not affect a customer’s behavior or increase purchasing. Nor does it spur purchasing by friend.

So how to know when you start to advertise then?

Get a metric across the whole product and validate your assumption by experimenting in 9-10 different content type in 2-3 months. If something seems like a good hit, you can start advertise, and then validate the result against the metric again.